GG(Good Grief!) What this forum is ALL ABOUT!

Whole lot of folk wondering. I'll sum it up. We WERE about Y2K. Then we evolved into a disaster/political newsnet cum chemtrail/conspiracy plus religious/ethnic/philosophical debating forum.

At first this bothered me as I was here (under another pseudonym) for over two years....but now, I see that this is merely the world in microcosm...the world that we all wonder about, read in the magazine aisle and hope nobody is looking, etc.

We laugh. We cry. We yell and disparage. We cheer and congratulate. It's like a family reunion of sorts.

Relax, sit back and have a cup of coffee as this forum takes you to links and sites you never heard of or dreamed were possible. Open your mind to new ideas and your hearts to a wonderful (for the most part) group of people who have come together at this special time to share.

Great post. I agree with everything you said and would like to add
something. I think there is something important happening here. I
am a relative newbie to this forum, just coming in a few days before
rollover. The funny thing is I can't for the life of me remember
exactly how I stumbled across it. I hear a lot of the old time
regulars (those that are left anyway) talking about all the new faces
here since the roll. It sure seems to me that I was not the only one
who "just happened" to trip over this site at around the same time.

Since being here, I have read no less than a dozen or so
stories/articles/essays that have essentially had the effect of a
nuclear explosion on my worldview. I don't know how many people
there are visiting this board on a regular basis, but I've got to
believe that there are similar "awakenings" occurring all over the
place.

I don't even pretend to know whether or not we were all "directed"
here, but from my experience, it has been the most enlightening,
thought-provoking 2 months of my entire 43 year existence.

I'd like to thank a few of those individuals here who, through their
patience and willingness to help a newbie, have done more for my
education than 16 years of school has done. zog, Shakey, Hokie,
Hawk, redeye, I thank you guys/gals from the bottom of my heart.
There are many others whose words have held enormous meaning for me
as well, but the ones mentioned above are in a class by themselves.

I hold intelligence and the ability to use it to be the highest human
attribute and you folks are shining examples of it. Thanks for dope-
slapping me awake!

Tnx loads for doing what I'll bet more than a few of us have been
thinking we ought to do: own up to why we're really here.

As I've been developing my "11.5 doomer" series of threads I'm
beginning to see more clearly where we're heading here. Just in the
past few days I've realized that we have "consciousness links" to Tom
Friedman's "The Lexus and The Olive Tree," otherwise known as "you
can't stop the world so you might as well get on board and see if you
can affect the 'pluses' and 'minuses' connected to every issue;" and
Daniel Quinn's (on a PlaceComm link) take on 'how to save the world.'
-- And the 'fun' is
just starting.

Say, Alice, isn't the other side of the Looking Glass -- simply
AMAZING?!

Jimmy Splinters -- You took the words right out of my mouth. But then that happens a lot here.

I love this place!

To me the advantage of the way a forum is formatted is that you can actually get your full thought out without being interupted. Something I find irritating in real conversation. In " real converstion" it is generally only the loudest and most beligerant voice that gets heard. (Lady Logic comes to mind)

A forum forces people to listen to what the other guy says and not just let them think to themselves about what they are going to say next. (Of course they can still scroll and scan)

Yes, Doctor Bill! It is AMAZING on this side! That's why I chose the
moniker....Been on both sides of the "glass" as it were....I decided
to come back and why not? It's fun here! And I missed you guys! (big
grin)

Clap, clap, clap! There's no other forum like this crazy, mixed up, crying, shouting, silly, serious TB2000. I can get more off-beat, factual (sometimes nonsense) information here than any place else.

If I want to know what's going on up-to-the-minute, this is the place. I don't always agree, and I've had my rear end tourched a few times for my opinions, but that's the name of the game here. This forum is not for the faint of heart.

Clap, clap, clap! There's no other forum like this
crazy, mixed up, crying, shouting, silly, serious
TB2000. I can get more off-beat, factual (sometimes
nonsense) information here than any place else.

If I want to know what's going on up-to-the-minute,
this is the place. I don't always agree, and I've
had my rear end tourched a few times for my opinions,
but that's the name of the game here. This forum is
not for the faint of heart.

You all are worth your weight in GOLD (see, those extra few pounds are
worth something anyway, hehe). This forum helps me put words to vague
thoughts that run through my head all the time. I don't just get to
see one side of any issue and that is what is lacking every where else
I look. You people are valued, keep up the good idea exchanges.

I feel an excitement building here. As y2k recedes and other issues
(both exciting and terrifying) emerge, we are free to discuss them
all. Aside from a general skepticism of BIGNESS (government, business,
labor, religion, etc) and an adversion to elitism, I don't see a
single unifying theme here. To me, that is good. Sure, Christianity
has a strong presence here; yet this is not a religious forum per se.
Personally, I find these spring zephyrs of change to be exciting and
liberating. I look forward to many hours of education, stimulation and
play in this virtual community.

Thanks "Allice" and the rest of you wonderful people who freely share
your hearts and minds. You have helped many of us who study the
Scriptures to see how prophecies are unfolding through current
events. Now, I know this is not a "religious forum," but it has
certainly served as a powerful means of seeing God's hand at work.

I don't know how others feel about this, but I think it would be a
mistake for Christians to expect all who post here to agree on
philosophical or faith issues. And, I hope that those who disagree
with distinctively Christian perspectives will not seek to discourage
such expressions.

We have the opportunity to be truly "American" in the best sense of
the term.

Yup! Queen of Hearts wins the prize....Now what shall it be? Say, if
you can make it over here, I'll treat you to a cup of cappuccino and
some delicioso Italian pastries!! mmmmmmmmmmmm How does THAT sound?
(big grin)